BEST MIDRANGE SMARTPHONE (Particularly best phone for 10000 to 15000 INR)

[Bigneshwar Mohanty]

Finally 2018  has hit the calendar! Now, it may be the right time to reveal you the best smartphone we found until today i.e. 16 January 2018. In this article, I would try my best to cover each aspect of yours and would help you to find out an incredible device .

Note : All of the device that I would discuss is purely on Experience Basis.The article doesn't aim to promote  any device neither it aims to spoil manufacturer's brand in the market. Also if you want to practically review the device ,please comment below.

SATYAMEVA JAYATE!!

BEST SMARTPHONE FOR EXACTLY INR 10,000

1) Honor 6X 

If your budget is exactly INR 10,000, then we would recommend you Honor 6X  which comes with 3gb RAM and 32gb ROM for INR 10,000. On the basis of  experience , following are pros and cons for the device.

        PROS  : 

1. Good Camera for the price
2. Famous Branding series of Huawei 

        CONS :

1.  Though the phone is Metallic , it's build quality is not so premium , Good Back cover is must to avoid damage and it is highly recommended to avoid any serious damage .
2. It's Kirin 655 processor is not that assuring for Heavy Games. (Also I knew very few features of this processor, Sorry  for inconvenience as Honor has not properly revealed it)

    

2) Redmi Note 4

Yes , Redmi Note 4 is for INR 10,000 after it received a permanent cutoff of INR 1,000 , during last quarter of 2017 for 3gb RAM / 32gb ROM variant.

    

        PROS :

1. My most favorite feature of all Xiomi Branding Phones is the IR Blaster  which has substituted the remote control of every device.
2. Compared to it's rival Honor 6x, it provides battery efficient Snapdragon 625
3. Finally , it's 2.5D curve display  which provides good grip.
4. Good battery life 
5. Fast fingerprint sensor 

        CONS :

1. Camera performance (It turns out to be poor in Indoor /artificial lightning conditions).
2. It's display is quite fragile(So Screen Guard is recommended ).

CONCLUSION FOR INR 10,000 SEGMENT

If camera is all that you needed then go for HONOR 6X

If performance is all  that you needed go for Redmi Note 4

BEST SMARTPHONE FOR AROUND 

INR 12,000

Moto G5+

It is available for  inr 12,500       

         PROS :

1. Compared to Rival  Redmi Note 4, it has Gorilla Glass Protection.
2. Camera performance is amazing , it really marked upto my expectation

       CONS :

1. Compact display size (5.2 inch)
2.  Lacks IR Blaster
3. Design has lot of Bezels (Front , Back , left , Right) which makes typically odd .

CONCLUSION FOR INR 12,000 SEGMENT

If you need a  5.5 inch display with IR Blaster go for Redmi Note 4 (INR 12,000)

but if you need best camera performance and  stock like Android go for Moto G5+ (INR 12,500)

BEST SMARTPHONE FOR INR 13,000

 Honor 7X

         

       PROS :

1. Modern Trendy display (18:9 aspect , somewhat bezeless)
2.  Good design (Feels comfortable to handle though it boasts a 6 inch dispaly. Personally, the  recent large display phone I reviewed was Mi Max2 , though it won't sound good to compare this phone with the gigantic Max2 but then too , i feel Honor 7X is good for grip.)

       CONS :

1.        Plenty wrong with Potrait Mode on Honor 7X (It sometimes actually blurs the hair and outer perimeter of body in potrait mode.)
   
2. It  is not meant for Heavy Gaming
3. It misses Gyroscope sensor,which was not expected 

BEST SMARTPHONE FOR INR 14,000

                                                      

 MI -A1

Personally if I would like to gift someone a phone in this month of January,2018. I would go for Mi A1 (a phone under Android One Series with best hardware rated sensors of Xiaomi)

      PROS :

1. The Stock Android Experience . (Honestly , I love  Stock Android which made me to go for Nexus phones in past and for me it was quite a shocking surprise to me when I heard the launch of Stock Android phone by Xiaomi Coorp.  )
2. The Dual Camera Setup (Best potrait mode in this range).
3. Audio output from Audio jack is good in this range.
4. The Gorilla Glass Protection (Mi disclosed it's vendor for glass ,it is also a surprise)
5. Againly, the Android One Support by Google ,IR Blaster and Fast Fingerprint Sensor

      CONS :

1. Battery juice does not last for longer time when compared with Redmi Note 4
2. Picture gets Pixelate(Grainy) on digital zoom. 

BEST SMARTPHONE FOR INR 15,000

                              Moto G5S +                  

         PROS :  

1.  It has  best camera (specifically the potrait mode) but also has a hidden problem with it,that would be discussed in Cons section.
2. Improved camera for low lightning conditions (If you want samples , comment below )
3.  The return of 5.5 inch display (not present in G5 +)

        CONS :

1. Long camera shutter lag (On my recent test , it took about 2.5 seconds for a picture with potrait setting and this is one of the deadliest flaw that completely makes Mi A1 ahead for this price segment)
2. Primitive Design with Bezels.

CONCLUSION FOR INR 13,000 to INR15,000 SEGMENT

If you want to carry a stylish phone to gaze the people around you go for Honor 7x.

If you want a stunning phone with best performance,camera an overall All rounder go for Mi-A1

If you have a lot of patience for the best camera shot and love motorola bran, go for Moto g5s+

For INR 20,000 ,I would definitely go for Moto X4 but since I have not reviewed  a unit , I won't comment for now but as per my experience with earlier Moto X units it would be amazing  hopefully.... 

Also, I am making it clear that I have not reviewed phone of Samsung and Nokia ,as per my view those phones are not that trendy or value for money under this price segment 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR :

Bigneshwar Mohanty is currently a T.E. student of EXTC(Telecom Dept.)

at VESIT (Swami Vivekananda), Mumbai.

He is interested to provide free education for everyone to benefit each section of the society. Soon he is planning to release a free video series starting by C,C++, Java.,etc  and is ambitious to make a strong network of Education for everyone.

As it is quite awkward to talk about self, lastly concluding this thread , I would thank Akshay .B. for his support and stay tuned for more updates. 

Signing off--

[2015yas...@ves.ac.in]

thanks dear Bighneshwar for these important stuff.You cleared every point of the post.It's really helpful for me as well as aspirants to choose for the correct one.

[AKSHAY BHOPANI]

Excellent !!!!!!